# Accident 19830327011349A: Piper PA31350, Ocala, FL, March 27, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1983, 19:30 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1575° N, 82.2258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1575&lon=-82.2258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123WK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,370 total, 93 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA83LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830327011349A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BROKE OUT 1 MILE OFF COURSE ON APPROACH.ENTERED FOG.HIT GROUND,FENCE, TREES AND FLEW UNDER WIRES EN ROUTE TO RUNWAY

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA83LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA105), Mar 28, 1983: Piper PA-31-350 (N123WK), Ocala, FL, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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